Russland vs. Ukraine

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Das Truthahnschießen geht weiter bzw. hält an - dieses Mal nicht bei Awdijiwka, sondern nahe Kherson:

Ukraine conflict: Russia has lost 90% of its equipment in Krynky due to shortage of EW, UK MoD says

Russia is said to have lost approximately 90% of its military equipment in Krynky, Kherson, likely because of a shortage of Russian electronic warfare (EW) systems in the area, according to a UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) intelligence update on 12 January.

The equipment is being destroyed by Ukrainian munition-equipped first-person view (FPV) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) alongside artillery on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, the update added.

Videos from Ukrainian military bloggers and the 501st Separate Marine Infantry Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine depict Russian equipment being destroyed in Krynky, such as BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), as well as what appears to be a T-series main battle tank and possibly a TOS-1 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) because of the size of the explosion.

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/c4isr...k-mod-says

Zum (bislang noch mutmaßlichen) A-50-Abschuss auch noch etwas:

Ukrainian Sources: We Just Shot Down Two Of Russia’s Best Command Planes

Ukrainian air-defenses reportedly shot down two of the Russian air force’s rarest and most valuable command aircraft on Sunday: a Beriev A-50 radar early-warning plane and an Ilyushin Il-22 airborne command post. [...]

Ukraine’s RBC Radio posted what it claimed was an audio recording of the Il-22’s crew radioing an S-O-S to controllers apparently in Anapa, on the Russian side of the Sea of Azov’s southern coast. “Urgently requesting ambulance and fire crew,” the crew radioed. It seems, at the very least, that the Il-22 suffered damage. According to Kyiv Independent, the four-engine, propeller-driven Il-22—which carries up to 10 people and helps to relay radio signals and coordinate front-line operations—was struck along the Sea of Azov coast Sunday night. [...]

The Russian air force has just nine A-50Ms and upgraded A-50Us. Ukrainian forces, or their Belarusian agents, apparently damaged one of the A-50s at its base in Belarus back in February. Kyiv Independent claimed an A-50 was shot down “immediately after it went on duty in the Kyrylivka area of Zaporizhzhia” in southern Ukraine. [...] If the shoot-downs did occur, it’s worth asking how. While Ukraine’s best air-defenses—its American-made Patriot PAC-2s—can hit aircraft from 90 miles away, A-50s and Il-22s normally should fly at the very edge of that range.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/20...d76e843adf

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